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CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 29, 1948 – October 31, 1968
Service recordCharles Ruiz Lemus JR, of Barstow, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 65
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Barstow, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 65
- LARRY KEITH HENDEEFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- FARIS E HOLLANDSergeant First Class · October 31, 1968
- DARREL EUGENE LAFEVRESergeant · October 31, 1968
- ALFRED RICHARD MAHONEY JRFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BOURNESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 62
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 64
- TOMAS REYES MESASpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 66
- MILTON DALE PATEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 66
- RONALD ALAN WOLTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 70
From Barstow
- CLARENCE GRIEGOPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT KAY WAGNERPetty Officer First Class · August 15, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE NELSON JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- EUGENE F CHRISTIANSENSergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH CANAVAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- PHILLIP DUANE BURFOOTSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- JACKIE LEE SMITHCorporal · July 15, 1969
- SALVADOR LEAL JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.